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News

• Senator reclaim seat
  Sen. Brian Roberts reclaimed his Senate seat Wednesday after the Associated Students Judiciary decided by majority opinion Monday that Associated Students Inc.
  

• Advisement, complaints are handled with university ombuds
  Equity: Office received 300 cases last year dealing from academic to personnel problems.
  
  
• Boeing brings scholarships, research study to CSULB
  Engineering students will see more scholarships and research study opportunities after the Cal State Long Beach College of Engineering received a $37,000 donation grant from the Boeing Company.
  
  
• Crime Log
  
  

Opinion

• Military must curb crimes
  Japan asked the U.S. military on Wednesday to take action against crimes committed by servicemen, one day after a Japanese court issued a warrant for the arrest of U.S. Marine officer, Michael J. Brown, who allegedly attempted to rape a woman on Okinawa Island.
  
  
• The ugly side of a great change
  The newspaper that you are holding in your hands right now, the On-line Forty-Niner, is not going to be the same newspaper again.
  
  
• Campus Voice - What are you going to do when finals are over?
  
  

Diversions

• Festival Ballet Theatre to present ‘Nutcracker’
  Holiday magic will soon come to the Carpenter Performing Arts Center as the Festival Ballet Theatre presents its 14th annual production of Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker.”
  
  
• ‘O. Henry Christmas’ a holiday tradition for many
  It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Edison Theatre in downtown Long Beach.
  
  
• Weekend Calendar
  
  

Sports

• Welcome to big dance, 49ers
  For the 16th consecutive year, the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team earned a berth in the NCAA playoffs.